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A Blackfoot Indian on Horse-Back

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A Blackfoot Indian on Horse-Back (vignette XIX) by Karl Bodmer, illustration to Prince Maximilliam of Wied-Neuwied's Travel in theIinterior of North America 1832-34.

Swiss artist Karl Bodmer accompanied German Prince Maximilian on an expedition up the Missouri River in 1833, spending the winter of 1833-34 at Fort Clark, the American Fur Company outpost in present-day North Dakota. This print is a photographic reproduction of an original painting on display at Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.